The Paradigm Shift (The Story of How I Became an Avid Reader and Improved my Life)

One morning on the 4th of April, was what I would call the beginning of the great transformation journey.

It was the first day of internship in my final year of studies, and right on that day (and even before), I’ve already started imagining what I would be expecting at the end of this journey, including how I would get to know all the beautiful girls in the workplace, and how I would feel mind free considering the fact that being (in another city) far from my old friends and parents would give me that mindset of freedom to do whatever I wanted..

Pff! None of that happened of course, because basically I was the same person. I’ve changed my clothes to something more professional, I’ve altered my posture to seem more confident.. but I haven’t changed anything inside. So that was it! The problem wasn’t in the outside, it’s in the inside you fool!

So, not much to my surprise, as I later discovered that none of those expectations were going to happen anyway, I had one expectation in mind that I was almost sure of would take place.

I thought that since working (or being in an internship) in an international company that implemented high quality procedures, and since I’m working with a team is something very beneficial, this internship would have a great impact on my professional life. I thought I would improve my IT skills as well as my communication skills. But later on, to my surprise this time, I realized that once again my expectation was wrong.

Fast forward months later, I could honestly say now that this was the best internship ever. A whole shift in my thoughts followed that first day and I can say now that “I’m feeling very peaceful”. Nothing of all the technical stuff (Java, Spring, Struts, debugging, Unit Testing etc…) mattered anymore. Who cares about that nonsense?

During that period (6 months to be precise), I read as many books as I could and I completely changed my thinking. I realized how much money I could be making if I dedicated my time and persevered (like a bodybuilder does when he’s aiming for a great body) to start something more meaningful to me. I read Influence the art of persuasion and learned about social proof, and it was like a piece of puzzle lacking in my image. I realized the path to success contains many failure stops and only your perseverance that will get you there. I expanded my vocabulary and I started realizing the immense value of time. I deeply understood the idea saying that the only way to get your articles read, or videos watched is by putting value in them. I found out that the more you read the more you get closer to completing the puzzles in your image, the closer you get to success. I discovered how to cope with fear and know deep down that the feeling is all natural..

Currently I just started a new channel on YouTube where I post my animated review/summary videos of what I learned from books in the form a story. Feel free to check it out here: Youtube.com/happydusts

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